Dave Cover!

geekmug · Unread post by **geekmug** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:49 am

alright, just for that, you are getting my opinion..

during the intro there is this guitar on the right plays something like on the high-e string sporatically that is uber-annoying.. I think there needs to be some more group interaction between the melody lines being played

Around :50 I am left wondering what the moving line is.. the mandolin playing chords seems to be the only thing that stands aside from the backing..

1:30, I like that the mandolin dupe'd the piano lick, but the mandolin was slightly out of tune on the way up..

The transition into 2:30 isn't so bad.. there is some funky timing issues with things fading out.. I like the interaction between parts here more..

I think the fadeout takes a little too long.. and ends abruptly

ok.. done listening now.. overall thoughts.. I think there is a lack of a driving melody.. it seems like a lot of packing for someone to sing over or something like that..

technicals.. the banjo on the whole is way muddy, lacked any high-end presence to get it to cut at all.. I think the mandolin needs some >8k roll-off as well.. there was a guitar out of the left that sounded pretty high-end heavy too, but maybe it mixed better that way (I think it wass 12-string) .. the piano, excellent addition.. I feel like you guys did a great job recording so many tracks together despite any criticism I may give, I'm just intending on holding you to professional standards.. nice attempt at an original instrumental, but I didn't feel like I was listening to a song but rather just a bunch of stuff that worked together.. seemed more like an interlude to something bigger, maybe..

6/10

PS, I strongly dislike the misadvertisement.. other people post cover's all the time and get 0 responses, you should be happy you get any.. and besides, after all is said in done, you should be playing and recording because you enjoy it, not beacuse you get feedback

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:30 pm

geekmug wrote:alright, just for that, you are getting my opinion..

during the intro there is this guitar on the right plays something like on the high-e string sporatically that is uber-annoying.. I think there needs to be some more group interaction between the melody lines being played

Around :50 I am left wondering what the moving line is.. the mandolin playing chords seems to be the only thing that stands aside from the backing..

1:30, I like that the mandolin dupe'd the piano lick, but the mandolin was slightly out of tune on the way up..

The transition into 2:30 isn't so bad.. there is some funky timing issues with things fading out.. I like the interaction between parts here more..

I think the fadeout takes a little too long.. and ends abruptly

ok.. done listening now.. overall thoughts.. I think there is a lack of a driving melody.. it seems like a lot of packing for someone to sing over or something like that..

technicals.. the banjo on the whole is way muddy, lacked any high-end presence to get it to cut at all.. I think the mandolin needs some >8k roll-off as well.. there was a guitar out of the left that sounded pretty high-end heavy too, but maybe it mixed better that way (I think it wass 12-string) .. the piano, excellent addition.. I feel like you guys did a great job recording so many tracks together despite any criticism I may give, I'm just intending on holding you to professional standards.. nice attempt at an original instrumental, but I didn't feel like I was listening to a song but rather just a bunch of stuff that worked together.. seemed more like an interlude to something bigger, maybe..

6/10

PS, I strongly dislike the misadvertisement.. other people post cover's all the time and get 0 responses, you should be happy you get any.. and besides, after all is said in done, you should be playing and recording because you enjoy it, not beacuse you get feedback

im thinking about completely cutting out the banjo, it doesn't have a pickup and it sounded like shit when we recorded it.

i spent about 10 mins mixing this, so there are definitely a lot of problems that i can go back and work on when im not lazy

as for the misadvertisement: its ridiculous how often originals are neglected on these boards, not just mine but others as well. some people dont even take the time to listen if isn't by dave matthews, which in my opinion is a bunch of bullshit

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:03 pm

I really liked it Fatjack.. I enjoyed the combo. between the two instruments... I hope you make/post more of your originals,i enjoyed it. Hope i get to hear you play sometime in the yahoo chat too

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:18 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:I really liked it Fatjack.. I enjoyed the combo. between the two instruments... I hope you make/post more of your originals,i enjoyed it. Hope i get to hear you play sometime in the yahoo chat too

i just found my cable to do that today actually

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:02 pm

fatjack wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:I really liked it Fatjack.. I enjoyed the combo. between the two instruments... I hope you make/post more of your originals,i enjoyed it. Hope i get to hear you play sometime in the yahoo chat too
i just found my cable to do that today actually

awesome

zeppelin41 · Unread post by **zeppelin41** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:24 pm

geekmug wrote: PS, I strongly dislike the misadvertisement.. other people post cover's all the time and get 0 responses, you should be happy you get any.. and besides, after all is said in done, you should be playing and recording because you enjoy it, not beacuse you get feedback

It's not like he didn't tell you it wasn't a dave song in his first post.. you didn't have to click on it. The whole point of this forum section is to get your music critiqued, so what's wrong with him wanting feedback?

mdel21 · Unread post by **mdel21** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:07 pm

It seemed like there was too much stuff going on. Some of the licks were good but it just seemed like they were thrown in there for the sake of being there. I am not knocking talent or anything of that nature, I just felt it was too much.

Del

TrippingBilly · Unread post by **TrippingBilly** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:32 pm

I've said it once and I'll say it again -- it has all the makings of a great Phish song. Crazy title, awesome combination of instruments -- it's all good. 8)

skilly · Unread post by **skilly** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:58 pm

jebus!!!! has anyone listened to "and the circus blows"?

fatjack, that one fukin kicks ass, im not sayin the others dont, but that one is just....... wow.

nice work mon ami.

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:58 pm

TaylorsBaby225 wrote:jebus!!!! has anyone listened to "and the circus blows"?

fatjack, that one fukin kicks ass, im not sayin the others dont, but that one is just....... wow.

nice work mon ami.

werd, i thought this had died down already

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:35 pm

Very nice tune FJ , i've heard it already and didn't know you posted it in here b4 2 minutes ago , haven't been in this section for a while now

Anyways it was very nice to hear some different instruments

Sneaky bastard with the topic title :lol:

GreyBlueAnt · Unread post by **GreyBlueAnt** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:10 am

dug this out of the graveyard. could you make the links active again jack? I never got to hear it.

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:05 am

Didn't work for me, i'll try later

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:18 pm

unfortunately you wont be able to hear it anymore, that website no longer exists and i don't even have those songs loaded on my freshly formatted computer yet.

and i think i've made changes to it anyway, if you really want to hear it, you can IM me and maybe i can find the disks that these songs are on

TurnItToLove · Unread post by **TurnItToLove** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:27 pm

i still have those, they're awesome

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